THANK GOD FOR JOY
Are you scratching your head at why I chose that title? I don’t blame you for that. All around us there is chaos. I am not limiting that to what’s happening globally, nationally, or otherwise. Stuff is messy – and without violating any confidences, believe me you don’t want to know some of the messy […]
LETTING GO AND HOLDING ON
As calendar pages turn and seasons change – we use the rear view mirror to gauge distance traveled, shifts made, triumphs measured, and losses endured. The gradual exit from autumn and entrance into winter provides us that vantage point in a year none of us could have predicted. A basic, expected approach to the season […]
THE GIVING THANKS DAY THAT WASN’T
The photo below is giving me all the feels, because this year only a small version of our long-standing family tradition happened, thanks to my niece who kept it going in a way that was safer than doing things traditionally – even though how WE do Thanksgiving is kinda not traditional. Nine years ago, I […]
From your feet to your heart
By Teresa Dornellas My lovely dad passed away a bit over 2 years ago. We had a very special relationship that had some bumps along the way but we thankfully were able to reconnect and patch things up a few years before he died. He was a very affectionate man, though very quiet. He used […]